AUBURN, Ala. – Ten student-athletes on the No. 1 Auburn equestrian team totaled 12 National Collegiate Equestrian Association Ariat All-America honors, the NCEA selection committee announced Thursday.
The 12 All-America recognitions ties Auburn's total from 2020 and is tied for the second most in NCEA history since the organization began the award in 2011. Auburn set the record in 2019 with 19.
"One thing we focus on here at Auburn is winning as a team and being one on a team of champions," head coach Greg Williams said. "We also tell them that if they buy into that, the individual awards are a by-product. Once again, that is proving to be true as these student-athletes lead the nation in the number of All-America honors. The coaches, all of their teammates and I love seeing their recognition and celebrating with them."
A pair of Jumping Seat Tigers in senior Taylor St. Jacques and sophomore McKayla Langmeier earned the national award in both Fences and Flat.
St. Jacques has had an outstanding final season on the Plains, having a 16-0-0 record over the two disciplines. She earned first team honors in both Fences and Flat after going undefeated in both at 8-0-0 apiece.
The Glen Allen, Va., product picked up her fourth-straight first team recognition on Flat. St. Jacques has three MOPs on the year in the event and was named to the SEC All-Championship team for her performance on Flat. The first team recognition in Fences is the first for St. Jacques and the third All-America recognition in her career in the event. She has three MOPs on the year in Fences this season.
Langmeier, of East Granby, Conn., earned All-America recognition in both events for the second-straight season. She picked up second team honors in Flat after putting together a 5-3-0 record in the event with three MOPs on the year. She secured Honorable Mention in Fences following a 6-1-1 mark this season.
Joining the pair in Fences recognition were juniors Emma Kurtz and Meghan Knapic and sophomore Ava Stearns. The honor is the third-straight for Kurtz, the second for Stearns and the first for Knapic.
Kurtz, of Hudson, Ohio, was placed on the second team for a 7-3-0 finish in the event with two MOPs. Stearns and Knapic picked up Honorable Mention after going 8-1-0 and 9-1-0, respectively.
The Horsemanship corps had four Tigers placed on the All-America list with senior Taylor Searles and sophomore Olivia Tordoff picking up first team honors. Searles, of Scottsdale, Ariz., stands at 7-0-1 on the season in Horsemanship and earned her third honor in the event over her career. Tordoff, of Powell, Ohio, was awarded her second-straight first team recognition and holds a 7-1-0 record on the year.
Senior Deanna Green of Ocala, Fla., was placed on the second team, marking her fourth-consecutive year with an All-America honor in Horsemanship. She put together a 7-1-0 record and added two MOPs on the year. Sophomore Maddie Spak, a Waukesha, Wisc., product earned the first All-America recognition of her career and was placed on the Honorable Mention squad.
Sophomore Boo Kammerer has had an outstanding year in Reining and was placed on the first team in the event. The Mount Sterling, Ky., native is unbeaten this season with a 7-0-1 mark with two MOPs. She was also placed on the SEC All-Championship team for her efforts last weekend.
